AIZAWL, Sept 10 NNN: Young Mizo Association (YMA) can no longer tolerate on anything that is done on ethnic lines in Mizoram.
The Young Mizo Association (YMA), the most influential and the biggest non-governmental organisation in Mizoram has taken a vow to take up initiatives to do away any community or individual doing things on ethnic lines.
“Central YMA resolved to take measures in order to end any activity taken by a particular community along the line of ethnicity which could destroy the integrity of the Mizos,” said the Young Mizo Association.
This resolution was taken during the YMA Central Executive Committee meeting.
The YMA feels that too much of activities on ethnic lines have been hampering the growth of Mizoram and its society. “So we thought it would be the best policy to discourage as much as possible that various communities Mizoram do not focus much on ethnic lines,” stated a YMA leader.
Besides this, the YMA also resolved to start whirlwind cleanliness campaign across Mizoram. Central YMA also resolved to help carry out development works in the villages in order to bring progress and proficiency in Mizoram and its society.
Another resolution of the Young Mizo Association is to encourage the people of Mizoram to plant more trees.
It can be noted here that the Young Mizo Association (YMA)’s campaign to discourage non-local business community in Mizoram has been continuing unabated.
In July, the YMA had asked the people in the state not to buy goods from non-local businessmen in Mizoram.
As instructed by Central YMA, Tuikual south branch of YMA had asked the people in the locality not to buy anything from the shop run by Mizoram Civil pensioners Multipurpose Co-opeartive Society PEMCOS) near Tennis Court in Aizawl saying non-Mizos are behind the business. The YMA Branch hangs a big banner appealing the people not to buy anything from PEMCOS shop.
YMA sources had informed that the Central YMA had for several times inspected the PEMCOS shop and thus concluded that some non-Mizos are involved in the business, which they reiterated as against the principle of the Young Mizo Association. They further argued that although the shop is known as Mizoram Civil pensioners Multipurpose Co-opeartive Society (PEMCOS) shop, the real owner is a non-Mizo Hanuman Singh Yadav; and even Hanuman Singh Yadav had said that he also owned police canteen, Tuikual South YMA added.
As per information from Tuikual South YMA, PEMCOS Annual Report (2011-12) shows that the annual income of PEMCOS as Rs. 1, 80, 81,790, whereas the profit is Rs. 3, 60,302. “Their profit is is 2% less than their income; if the labour’s salary, water and electric bill is further deducted, the shop hardly has a profit; which indicates that there’s someone, who gets the profit, and the same is believed to be the real owner” Tuikual South YMA stated.
Tuikual South YMA further informed that PEMCOS is under the administration of Mizoram Civil Pensioners Assosiation (MCPA), and said some members have their share in PEMCOS. “While we have the yearly theme of preserving the land and its people, and while we take step to oust all the illegal non-Mizo businessmen, the prevalence of such cooperation with non-Mizos and illegal business being undertaken is what we don’t like. We really don’t like the activity of our earlier educated officers who even had served the government till their pension by cooperating with non-Mizo for business purpose” Tuikual South YMA strongly reiterated.
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